Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGEDV4GSHC2143 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Day cab
Carriers run under1
9 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenNov 21, 2023
FL
Last seenAug 21, 2024
FL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGEDV4GSHC2143
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2016
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 30, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
3AK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JGEDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
HC2143

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
FREIGHTLINER

Prefix basis · 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Cascadia

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Nov 21, 2023 – Aug 21, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 21, 2024FLII · Walk-around23OBY GLENN MELVIN 2451711MIM34N/FL
Aug 15, 2024FLII · Walk-around24OOSOBY GLENN MELVIN 2451711MIM34N/FL
Jul 23, 2024FLII · Walk-around24OOSOBY GLENN MELVIN 2451711MIM34N/FL
Dec 28, 2023FLII · Walk-around10OBY GLENN MELVIN 2451711MIM34N/FL
Nov 21, 2023FLIII · Driver-only0OBY GLENN MELVIN 2451711MIM34N/FL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
OBY GLENN MELVIN2451711Nov 21, 2023Aug 21, 20245FL
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
MIM34NFLOBY GLENN MELVINNov 21, 2023Aug 21, 20245
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026